[95]. Congreve’s Comedy, 1695.

[96]. Edward Bysshe (fl. 1712), whose Art of English Poetry was published in 1702.

[97]. Hamlet, III. 3.

[98]. Thomson, The Seasons, ‘Summer,’ 1347. Cf. ante, p. [107].

[99]. Wordsworth’s sonnet, ‘The World is too much with us.’

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

  1. Changed “Poodles are the true desirés” to “Poodles are the true désirs” on p. [125].
  2. Changed “feeling in rare” to “feeling is rare” on p. [277].
  3. Silently corrected typographical errors.
  4. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.